Cultural Sensitivity to Help While Serving Native American ...

Cultural Awareness to Help While Serving Native Veterans

Office of Rural Health Webinar, June 27th, 2012

Presenter: W.J. ,,Buck Richardson, Jr MVPC, VA Rocky Mtn Network

Moderator: Jay H. Shore, MD, MPH Native Domain Lead, Veterans Rural Health Resource CenterWestern Region

Outline of Power Point

Brief Overview of Office of Rural Healths Native Domain

Native Veterans and their communities

Cultural Aspects of work with Native Peoples

Cultural Aspects of work with Native Veterans

Collaboration with Traditional Medicine

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Native Veterans and their communities

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Diversity of Native Communities

4,222,760 American Indians and Alaska Natives and 909,770 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. and its territories(US Census 2007)

560+ federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages

245 non-Federally recognized tribes many who are recognized by their States and are seeking Federal recognition

28% of American Indian and Alaska Natives 5 years old or older speak a language other than English at home

Creative Commons Photo: Permalink: Repository: National Museum of the American Indian.

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US Census Map

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Native American Veterans

Native Americans Share a Proud Warrior Tradition

Native Americans enroll in the armed services at a higher rate than any other ethnic population

Today over 346,623 veterans identify themselves as AI/AN (US Census 2010)

38% rural/highly rural, proportionately more than other racial/ethnic groups

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Challenges for Native American Veterans

? Disproportionately impacted by military services Higher Rates of PTSD due to higher trauma exposure Common medical co-occurring illnesses

? Rural Location Availability of specialized health care services is scarce Difficult to recruit providers Cultural access barriers

? Acquiring "culturally competent" providers within a Native community is an even greater challenge

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Cultural aspects of work with Native Peoples

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